413Polara
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What’s everyone using to touch up or restore the chrome edges and face plates on their gauge clusters? Is there a specific paint code or color?
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t.flatt
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I heard the chrome model paint from Revell is a pretty close match to real chrome.
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413Polara
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Thanks, I’ve got one of them and was debating but figured I’d check if there was another option first. Appreciate it.
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I have a similar marker from a different brand, Zeyar, probably a rip off brand, but it did a pretty nice job on some interior trim in my Vette and on the same kind of edge on a vintage bookshelf stereo system. I’d definitely use it again.
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So I have experience with both. The revell Paint and the Molotov Pen.
The Molotov is really nice for Letters etc on the Panel (you dont have this on the 64 but on my 62 it was really helpful)
For everything bigger as letters I prefer the revell chrome paint
But the chrome paint needs to be the last step of procedure of your repainting, because its really soft, even after weeks and when you want to mask it to spray another area, forget it
Its also really really "liquid" during spraying. So its difficult to use it. You need one Layer of the chrome spray (a second layer will destroy the result) and when you spray to much you destroy also your result. So hint from my side, try it on other things first (but one can of this is really enough for much area, so no problem for some try shots first)
So procedure is, to restore or paint all other areas first beside of the chrome area
Little bit sanding (really fine) is also good for the paint
Then mask everything whats not need to be chrome really really good (according to the liquid charecteristic of the revell paint)
For difficult areas you can use also liquid mask from RC car hobby section (where they use it to mask their body shells)
The spray only one layer and let it for min. 24h
But it works, I will send later pictures of mine
The Molotov is really nice for Letters etc on the Panel (you dont have this on the 64 but on my 62 it was really helpful)
For everything bigger as letters I prefer the revell chrome paint
But the chrome paint needs to be the last step of procedure of your repainting, because its really soft, even after weeks and when you want to mask it to spray another area, forget it
Its also really really "liquid" during spraying. So its difficult to use it. You need one Layer of the chrome spray (a second layer will destroy the result) and when you spray to much you destroy also your result. So hint from my side, try it on other things first (but one can of this is really enough for much area, so no problem for some try shots first)
So procedure is, to restore or paint all other areas first beside of the chrome area
Little bit sanding (really fine) is also good for the paint
Then mask everything whats not need to be chrome really really good (according to the liquid charecteristic of the revell paint)
For difficult areas you can use also liquid mask from RC car hobby section (where they use it to mask their body shells)
The spray only one layer and let it for min. 24h
But it works, I will send later pictures of mine
Lemon_Belve
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The other pictures are too big
Try it later
Try it later
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